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The Classical Music Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

The Classical Music Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

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Alan
5.0 out of 5 starsFantastic, visually interesting
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2018
I've studied classical music my whole life and this book opened up new composers and new types of music; it's a constant discovery. I bought this for my daughter but kept it for myself!
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Frank Figlozzi
3.0 out of 5 starsGood for Some
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2019
This is a good book if you're familiar with all the music referred to by the author (I'm not). For a more comprehensive and interesting book about the history of music I like, "The Story of Music: From Babylon to the Beatles" by Howard Goodall.
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D. Meeker
2.0 out of 5 stars Actually this is mainly a history of music
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2019
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Overwhelming graphics and only sketchy enlightenment about structure or how to listen to classical music leave the reader wishing for more non-historical content. The book needs to be less detailed and have an AUDIO component to engage the non-historical aspects and illustrate the music.
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gilly cox
2.0 out of 5 stars Great book shame about delivery fiasco
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 16, 2020
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This is a great book well received by my husband. BUT shame it is slightly damaged at ALL corners by being placed in too large a package but also then thrown at the ground from a distance by the delivery man who had tried to deliver it to a neighbour instead, despite our house name being very visible. Neighbour intervened and redirected delivery man to our correct house and in meantime my husband had noticed the delivery van next door and went outside to receive the parcel saying please use the gravel path not paved area as we had just had it re-pointed and the pointing was still soft. This was met by delivery man throwing forward the parcel onto the gravel - hence making damage to book inside far worse, not to mention Amazon's delivery reputation! Not helped when I later looked at e.mails to see a photo of my parcel at neighbours front door saying my parcel had been left at OUR back door! Amazon may work well for Kindle purchases, but think its time I went back to buying actual books through a dedicated caring book shop.
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B. Hudson
2.0 out of 5 stars Coffee table book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2018
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This book assumes the reader already knows a lot about the nuts and bolts of music and is just a run through the history of the subject from ancient times to the modern era.
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Ilona
2.0 out of 5 stars Spoiled book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2020
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Several chapters on the Nationists were repeated and the romantics were thus omitted spoiling the value and enjoyment of the book
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